Friday in photos

A child plays with statuettes of baby Jesus, left, and St. Francis as Pope Francis leads a mass in front of St. Francis Basilica in Assisi, Italy, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013. Pope Francis made a pilgrimage Friday to the hillside town of Assisi and the tomb of his namesake, St. Francis, the 13th-century friar who renounced a wealthy, dissolute lifestyle to embrace a life of poverty. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)Photo by Gregorio Borgia